| Police in Rivers arrest 48
ex-militants
…As pregnant women hold peaceful protest
From HENRY CHUKWURAH, Port Harcourt
Wednesday,
March 9, 2011
Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday arrested 48 protesting repentant
militants over non-payment of their allowances.
The arrests were sequel to two days of protests by the ex-militants
during which some of them allegedly snatched items from members
of the public.
Trouble started Monday when the ex-militants besieged the Rumuokwuta
branch of the Oceanic Bank in Port Harcourt for their monthly stipends
but were not paid.
Frustrated, the repentant militants blocked the adjoining roads
and allegedly threatened to burn down the bank building.
It took the intervention of police teams and some Presidential Amnesty
officials to calm the angry ex-militants and get them back to their
camp at Aluu near Port Harcourt.
When the ex-militants returned to the bank the next day, they met
heavy police presence and apparently frustrated, moved into Rumuola
Street in protest during which some of them allegedly snatched a
laptop and a cellular phone.
Confirming the arrests, Police spokesperson in the State, Dr. Rita
Inoma-Abbey (SP) identified those involved in the alleged thefts.
She said that the repentant militants also damaged the vehicle of
a former senior militant sent by former militant leader, Ateke Tom,
to pacify them.
Dr. Inoma-Abbey said that all the arrested persons would be prosecuted.
In another development, scores of pregnant women Tuesday held a
peaceful demonstration against the on-going strike by medical doctors
in government hospitals in the State.
The pregnant women who marched to the Government House, Port Harcourt
urged the State Government to meet the demands of the striking doctors.
They complained that the closure of the state-owned Braithwaite
Memorial Hospital due to the strike has left many of them stranded
because they could not afford the high fees charged by private hospitals.
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